Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong

13 Post author: dclayh 01 August 2010 10:58PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (696)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 August 2010 09:34:11PM 5 points [-]

Er, who says Draco's grabbing Hermione because she's a girl? He's grabbing her because she's falling off the roof.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 August 2010 10:01:44PM 3 points [-]

Fair point. I jumped to a conclusion.

On the other hand, it isn't dangerous for her to fall. Draco grew up in the wizarding world. I'd expect him to have a gut-level trust in the potion.

Or is Hermione showing excessive trust in the potion because it's labeled as working a certain way, while Draco has more experience with magic that doesn't quite work?